MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 47.8,-104.6 Latitude: 47.80 Longitude: -104.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 79 1 950 517 SFC 925 743 16.3 12.2 77 4.1 13.8 121 8 296.0 297.7 290.0 324.0 9.71 3 900 979 19.4 11.8 61 7.7 14.6 160 23 301.5 303.3 291.7 330.2 9.68 4 850 1475 21.0 13.2 61 7.8 15.8 180 20 308.1 310.2 294.8 342.3 11.28 5 800 1998 17.8 11.7 67 6.1 13.8 204 11 310.1 312.2 295.1 343.3 10.84 6 750 2546 13.5 6.3 62 7.2 9.2 247 5 311.2 312.8 293.3 336.0 8.03 7 700 3122 8.0 4.8 80 3.2 6.1 248 5 311.4 312.8 293.1 335.2 7.71 8 650 3728 2.6 2.5 99 0.2 2.5 243 9 311.9 313.3 292.7 333.8 7.05 9 600 4372 -1.5 -2.1 96 0.6 -1.9 278 12 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.6 5.47 10 550 5060 -5.4 -6.4 93 1.0 -5.8 301 16 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.6 4.31 11 500 5802 -9.8 -11.1 91 1.2 -10.4 295 19 321.0 321.7 292.2 331.9 3.29 12 450 6608 -15.0 -25.5 40 10.5 -17.7 300 17 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.2 1.07 13 400 7487 -21.0 -30.2 43 9.3 -22.9 317 23 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.5 0.77 14 350 8457 -28.6 -35.6 51 7.0 -29.7 301 23 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.1 0.52 15 300 9544 -36.3 -47.1 32 10.8 -37.2 284 23 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.18 16 250 10780 -46.4 -55.8 34 9.3 -46.9 283 25 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.3 0.08 17 200 12227 -55.1 -64.5 30 9.4 -55.3 286 29 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14046 -58.5 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.7 308 47 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16588 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 301 22 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.01 m Freezing level: 618.45 mb = 4134.28 m = 13563.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.11 mb = 4093.72 m = 13430.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.76 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.30 mb = 1270.47 m = 4168.16 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 11.68 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.50 mb = 2974.57 m = 9758.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 40.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 258.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 258.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.43 mb = 2154.10 m = 7067.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.43 mb = 3598.20 m = 11804.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.43 mb = 9303.08 m = 30521.54 ft B at Equ Level: 258.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.43 mb = 12213.52 m = 40070.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.8 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 289.8 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.7 neg: -10.7 tot: 138.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 3.08 Bulk Shear: 83.96 m/s